Why not reward those that have been successful?

On the other end, the contractors would love to be paid 100% up front.At either end, someone is taking all the risk with no reward up front and these are inherently win/lose scenarios.So, contractors want to get something up front for their labor and materials.

Speculating involves definite high risk with possible high reward, usually over a short time frame.

What has been your most rewarding philanthropic moment?

On the hand, we reward our team and contractors with gifts and a year-end dinner.

This new initiative by Fannie Mae may just be the bonus prize.

Find your niche and grow it.The possibilities are more numerous and more rewarding than when Microsft and Apple were created.Some things won't change, family, honesty, integrity, the need for food shleler and clothing....everything else is a wild card.What could we do with a billion dollars each and the same willingness to share that we are displaying here, now?

I forget where, but someone I read about suggested we just suspend the income tax for a year.It would cost about the same as any bailout might, and man, it sure would reward the people who work hard and keep this economy going.

Value gets rewarded.

Waiting 6-12 months may reward you with much lower prices.Some investors thought 3 years ago was a great time to buy - I wonder how that investment turned out - "flippers in trouble" blog.I know it's tempting to snap up these amazing REO deals - perhaps 12 months from they may not seem so great.